Shandong, Hebei, Jiangsu, the resignation has not yet disbanded, and the provincial parliaments have begun to shout to learn from Hunan's example and carry out self-made cooperation in the province. These news is like a heavy hammer, falling into the hearts of the people in the capital. The people in the capital who have not heard of the war drums for several years have once again felt the threat of war.

For ordinary people, the best choice is to escape. Even the chief general is arrested at will, so there is no way to talk about the safety of civilians. In the event of war, it is inevitable to add donations and taxes, and it is common to distribute rice and grain, levying taxes, and even robbing soldiers.

Those who have the ability naturally chose to escape. Those who stayed can only pray for the blessing of gods and Buddhas in the sky. The eight major hutongs that once were in the carriage and horse camp became depressed. The heads of each courtyard were in a hurry to scratch their heads and curse the little fan in a low voice. Duan Zhiquan died early and was entrusted to the teapot in the courtyard, "Go to the door quickly and burn more paper money. There are no guests, so we will starve to death!"

The turtle just walked to the door with the money and suddenly shouted, "There are guests here, the guests here! President Liang and Speaker Wang, distinguished guests here, the girls said it is common!"

The madam ran out and pushed away the teapot with paper money in her hand, and greeted the two guests. The ones who came were Liang Sanyuan, the president of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce, the Huazhang House of Albionliheng, and the famous Kuoke and pig dealer Wang Geng in the Eight Hutongs.

Wang Geng, who has been engaged in piglet trading since Yuan Weiting's time, switched to the Duan Group after Hong Xian. With his skillful business ability, he worked for Duan Zhiquan. The reason why Anfu Club was able to control the Congress was his contribution. As a reward, he now serves as the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Speaker of the Interim Senate, and is the final figure among the Arhats.

Wang Geng was very familiar with the madam. After a few greetings, he clicked the names of two familiar girls and then went into the private room to sit down. The teapot put the fruit plates and dried goods on one by one. Wang Geng frowned and said, "This fresh goods have been left for at least three days? Is this fresh? Do you think people like us eat this fruit? If you greet the guests like this, I think your business will not be good."

The madam sighed, "My Uncle Wang, President Liang can be picky about this matter, you shouldn't choose it. There is no fresh food, but it's not caused by your masters. It's a good thing to go to Beijing for war, and the farmers are so scared that they dare not go to Beijing. The fresh food sellers can't see it. Tell me, where can I buy fruits? It would be nice to have this. If you are a few days later, I'm afraid I can't even put the fruit plates on it. If I want to say, this is a matter of the Flying Tiger Group. There were no vegetables at that time, and there are still no ones."

President Liang paid the plate, waved his hand to signal the madam to leave, and turned to Wang Geng and said, "Speaker Wang, now we are united. We always say that the main palace must listen to the public opinion. We must accept the public opinion of these eight hutongs, right? Listen, how high are the people's voices? Do we have to adopt the opinions of the people?"

Wang Geng took a sip of tea, "Brother Sanyuan, you are wronged me. Do you think I am willing to fight? I listen to operas, watch movies, and stay in the Eight Great Hutongs every day. Isn't it a waste of war? But you also know that I have no public opinion, only military opinion. In the whole country, Shandong has the hardest guns, so the toughest speaking. In the capital, those officers who lead soldiers speak more effectively than me, the speaker. What they say is public opinion, how dare I mess with me?"

"Although Brother Wang is difficult, he is always better than us businessmen. To be honest, the colleagues of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce are almost unable to hold on. Shandong is now detaining cars, and railway workers are going to hold big tyrants again. Material circulation is interrupted and business is difficult to maintain. If we really want to fight, we will have to close the door. If the general manager sends grain and salary, we will be unable to help. Our Beijing Chamber of Commerce has always had close business dealings with Siheng Bank. Everyone has cash flow and savings all placed in Siheng and Zhengyuan. Now the Siheng branch in Beijing is sealed, and two banks have closed the doors and closed the business. The next step may be to affect Zhengyuan. Tell me, how can we do this business?"

Since the exchange of Lu tickets, the economy of the capital has been tied to Zhengyuan. If Zhengyuan eats the bill, at least more than 30% of the rich people in the capital will go bankrupt and the interests of the merchants will also suffer huge losses. This time, Liang Sanyuan invited Wang Geng to drink flower wine, which was also the opinion of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce, and told Wang Geng about the interests.

"Speaker Wang is a person on the scene, so he will definitely understand that the businessmen are not easy. Everyone is asking for food, let go and let go of others, and forgive others. If there is a war, everyone will not have a good life. Not to mention the victory or defeat, even economic damage will have to be investigated. Furthermore, once the interests of foreigners are damaged and the interference of the great powers is caused, it will be a disaster."

Wang Geng smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Sanyuan, do you think I want to seal those banks? Let me tell you the truth. 70% of my brother's net worth is occupied by the tigress at home. Zhengyuan will be stolen from the interest. If Zhengyuan is seized in the general market, the first brother will be the first to lose everything. I am with you..."

He shook his head, "Don't look at the chaos in the capital, it's all unknown. In fact, things are not so dangerous. Brother Sanyuan can say to all colleagues, everyone can open the door to do business with peace of mind, and there will be no danger. Don't look at the fierceness of the words, you can't fight."

Seeing that Wang Geng was confident, Liang Sanyuan became interested and leaned forward and asked, "What? What insider information does Brother Wang have?"

"Actually, it's not an insider. Your brother has just told you about this news. Foreigners!" Wang Geng tapped on the table with his hand. "Dongjiaomin Lane has sent a delegation to Shandong to do the job of Zhao Guanhou. No matter how powerful Shandong is, he is still powerful but he is just a foreigner. He has to sell foreigners' face, right? As for the bank, he just checks. As for what can be found, or what can't be found, it's all in the general's mind. One is afraid, the other is just. As long as Shandong surrenders, the general's will not pursue it. Everyone should live like this. Don't worry, this colorful world is in chaos."

"Compromise? I'm sorry, Shandong has no room for compromise! Shandong advocates peace and opposes war, but it is absolutely not afraid of war. If Duan Zhiquan thinks that Shandong is weak and can be bullied, then we don't mind using practical actions to demonstrate our determination."

In the Jinan Grand Marshal's Mansion, Zhao Guanhou looked at Zhu Erdian opposite him. This time, the mission in Dongjiaominxiang was led by Zhu Erdian, and the reporters who accompanied him were Luo Deli, who had always had good relations with Shandong. These two people had great help to Shandong, and they had enough friendship with Zhao Guanhou, so it was perfect to serve as a special envoy.

If Zhu Erdian hadn't had enough face and had a delegation of emissaries representing the official government and Shandong to negotiate, they might have become prisoners. Duan Zhiquan's conditions were very harsh, and the negotiations between the two sides were full of gunpowder from the beginning.

As the price to release Meng Siyuan to calm the situation, Shandong needs to cooperate with the Zhengfu to suppress the Dongling robbery case and characterize the case as a result of bandits. The deserters captured in Qingdao were transferred to the Zhengfu for handling and bear the huge deficit of railway public debt. The original Shandong Navy was remanded by the Gonghe Navy Department, and all cadres were appointed and removed by the Gonghe Navy Department. As compensation, the Zhengfu will allocate a shipbuilding fee and fuel fee, but the number is only one million.

Chen Lenghe, Dai Annie and Zou Xiurong resigned from all public offices, and Zhao Guanhou was promoted to Vice President of the Communist Party and Minister of the 6th Army, and was replaced by Cheng Yune. After hearing this condition, Zhao Guanhou's first reaction was: Duan Zhiquan was crazy. Then, the negotiations naturally ended in failure. As the mediation team, Zhu Erdian first comforted him, and then handed over to Zhao Guanhou after the representative of the official residence left.

"The main palace of your country is in a turbulent autumn. The president died of a heart attack and Vice President Xu Juren will perform the presidential powers. But I don't think it will take too long, and this position will belong to Mr. Duan Zhiquan. Mr. Duan is obviously not satisfied with just making a stamping machine. He wants to be the real president. At present, the actual situation of your country is that for many provinces to govern, the main government orders will not leave the capital. It is difficult to replace a division commander, let alone the general commander. Of course, from the establishment of the Communist Party of China to more than ten years, no matter how it is Yuan Da.

The president is still President Feng, and he doesn't want to tolerate this phenomenon. President Yuan wants to change this and wears a dragon robe as an emperor. When President Duan saw the failure of his predecessors, he knew that this road was not working, so he wanted to be an emperor without a dragon robe. Unfortunately, he chose Shandong to take action. I was entrusted by him to mediate, and I also hope that you can resolve the dispute in a peaceful way. After all, the empire has invested a lot of money in Shandong and does not want to be destroyed. Similarly, the world that has just experienced war needs peace now."

Zhao Guanhou smiled, "Peace? It's very easy. Duan Zhiquan is the general, and I support him. He wants to be the president, but I don't object. If he doesn't stretch his hand to Shandong, don't ask about my affairs, I just think he is a god. It doesn't matter. After abdicating from the Jinshi, the Communist Party is like this. The governors of each province do their own affairs. He is his president. We are our priest emperor. Isn't that great? What qualifications do he have to change? Our corps is established to ensure that our interests are not lost. He is doing this now, and it is clearly to seize my foundation. I can't serve them with both hands. We are old friends, I will give you face and will not make things difficult for those envoys of the official palace. However, if you want me to retreat, you can't do it."

Zhu Erdian said: "Mr. Duan is not a bad temper this time. He hired financial auditors from the empire to verify the financial situation of Siheng Branch, Gonghe and Transportation Banks. In the current railway construction process, although several banks have loaned for the railway and assisted in the bank's government bonds, they have embezzled most of the funds from it. The raw materials used in the railway were purchased from Shandong at a high price, and the bidding work is full of loopholes. In addition, there is no reserve in the vaults that were handed over to the two banks, only the banknotes they printed. Under the management of the two managers Chen and Dai, the valuable regimes and precious metals of the two banks were put on the vaults and transported to Jinan. The excellent assets controlled by the two banks were sold to Zhengyuan Bank at extremely unreasonable prices. Objectively speaking, this is a crime..."

"It's very correct. This is indeed a crime, just like the big land I've trafficked, but so what? I'm not my second brother. Brother Siyuan built railways and started an industry to save the country. I took over two businesses and helped him build railways for selfishness. If there is no benefit, why did I stand up and take over this matter? Lord Juerdian, we are always intimate. I want to ask you a question, what is the attitude of the Albion Empire in this incident."

Zhu Erdian did not hide it, "There are no outsiders here, and I can tell you the truth. The empire's attitude is to strictly adhere to neutrality. No matter how much friction there is in Shandong and your country's official palace, we will not interfere. This is your internal affairs. From a personal perspective, of course, I support Guanshuai. After all, there are my shares in the factory of Daliwan. However, I must regretfully say that the empire cannot give direct support to your army as before. No matter whether it is funds or weapons or equipment, it cannot be done. Please understand the difficulties of the empire... Of course, in the Yangtze River Basin, our fleet still has strength. I can do my best to ensure that Shandong's interests in the Yangtze River Basin are protected by the Albion Empire."

"It's okay, I'll feel relieved if I have the minister's words. Then I'll ask again, how is my second brother's situation? With the reputation of the minister, can you bail someone first?"
Chapter completed!